Ethnic press in Baltimore

The Ethnic press in Baltimore, Maryland is press directed to a particular ethnic minority group or community in mind, including the non-English-language press. While English-language newspapers have always served the general population, many of Baltimore's ethnic immigrant communities have had newspapers published in their native languages.

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Ethnicity in Baltimore

African-American

Belarusian-American

Czech-American
The cover page for the December 8, 1917 issue of Telegraf.
  • Baltimorské Listy (Baltimore Letters), a Czech-language newspaper published in Baltimore and Chicago.
  • Palecek, a Czech community newspaper from 1902.[6]
  • Telegraf, a local weekly newspaper published in Czech, running for 42 years from February 20, 1909 until 1951.[7]

Estonian-American
  • Baltimore Eesti Organisatsioonide bülletään (Baltimore Estonian Organization Bulletin), an Estonian-language periodical published in Baltimore since 1965.[8]

German-American
  • Der Deutsche Correspondent, a weekly German-language newspaper, 1841–1918. The paper had the greatest influence on the Germans in Baltimore, lasting longer than any of the other German newspapers in Maryland.[9]
  • Der Baltimore Wecker (Der Baltimore Wecker), a daily paper published in German. It was the object of violence in the civil unrest at Baltimore in April 1861 that produced the first bloodshed of the American Civil War.
  • Katholische Volkszeitung: Ein Wochenblatt im Interesse der Kirche (Catholic People's Daily: A Weekly Paper in the Interest of the Church), a German-language Roman Catholic newspaper.
  • Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform.[10]
  • Sonntagsblatt des Baltimore Correspondent (Sunday Journal of the Baltimore Correspondent), a weekly German-language newspaper published on Sundays.[11]

Hispanic and Latino-American

Italian-American
The front page for the September 9, 1922 issue of Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland.

Jewish American
  • Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore's oldest and largest Jewish publication,[13] it has been described as "the largest weekly in Maryland and one of the most respected independent Jewish publications in America",[14] and "one of the premier independent Jewish newspapers in the country."[15]
  • Der Baltimore Israelit, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.[10]
  • Der Fortschritt, a (Yiddish-language newspaper published from June to July 1890.[10]
  • Der Wegweiser, a Yiddish-language newspaper published in 1896.[10]
  • Ha-Pisgah, a Yiddish-language newspaper published from 1891 to 1893.[10]
  • Jewish Comment, a Jewish newspaper published in 1895.[10]
  • Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian-language newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.[4][5]
  • Sinai, a German-Jewish periodical devoted to the interests of radical reform.[10]
  • The Jewish Chronicle, a Jewish newspaper published from 1875 to 1877.[10]
  • The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS.[16][17]
  • Where What When, a monthly Jewish periodical established in 1985, its content is directed to the wide spectrum of Baltimore's Jewish population, and it has an approximate readership of 40,000.[18]

Lithuanian-American

Polish-American
The cover page of the August 15, 1940 issue of Czas Baltimorski.

Russian-American
  • Kaskad (Cascade), a Russian newspaper founded by a Jewish immigrant from Belarus. The newspaper is aimed at the Russian-speaking community of immigrants from Russia, Belarus, and other Russian-speaking areas. Many of the readers are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.[4][5]
  • The News Exchange, a bilingual Russian-English newspaper created to facilitate the integration of Russian-Jewish immigrants into American society, established in May, 1978, by the Baltimore branch of the HIAS.[16][17]
  • Poleznai︠a︡ gazeta / Poleznaya gazeta, a Russian-language newspaper published in Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Pennsylvania.

See also

References
  1. "Baltimore City Newspapers". Johns Hopkins University Library. Archived from the original on 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  2. Farrar, Hayward (1998-05-30). The Baltimore Afro-American: 1892-1950. Greenwood Press. p. 240. ISBN 0-313-30517-X.
  3. Summers, Juana; Ryan, Erika; Kenin, Justine (August 12, 2022). "Here's why the 'Baltimore Beat' relaunched as a Black-led, nonprofit publication". National Public Radio. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  4. "A Way To 'Defend Our Culture'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  5. "'I feel myself at home here'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  6. "Rokos Family Czech-American Collection - PP145". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  7. "Guide to Maryland Newspapers - MSA SC 3774 [OCLC 9483768]". Archives of Maryland Online. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  8. "Baltimore Eesti Selts (Baltimore Estonian Society), Records". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  9. "Preserving a part of the city's German past". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  10. "Baltimore". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  11. "Baltimore Correspondent". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  12. Blanca Torres (May 24, 2005). "A bilingual newspaper looks to provide Baltimore Latinos with information on Hispanic culture and the issues affecting them". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  13. About Us Archived 2006-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Baltimore Jewish Times website. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  14. Echo Media - Baltimore Jewish Times. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
  15. David, Michael. Publisher of 6 Jewish weeklies, Charles Buerger, dies at 58, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, November 15, 1996.
  16. Waxman, Chaim Isaac (1983). America's Jews in Transition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. p. 194. ISBN 0-877-22321-1. Retrieved July 8, 2014. Baltimore Russian immigrants.
  17. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Einhorn, David" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  18. About Us Archived January 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Baltimore Where What When . Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  19. "Newspaper Abstracts". Historyk Press. Retrieved 2012-12-28.

Further reading
  • Farrar, Hayward. The Baltimore Afro-American, 1892-1950, Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
  • Keidel, George C. The earliest German newspapers of Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Priv. Print., 1927.
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